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Water geyser on Enceladus - Artist view

author: Joe Bergeron/Novapix

reference: a-sat99-00212

Image Size 300 DPI: 28 * 14 cm

A look at the water geysers of Saturn's moon Enceladus, which have been revealed to us so brilliantly by the Cassini Saturn orbiter. This digital illustration shows the water jets shooting out from vents in the bottom of one of the icy moon's multitude of folded, fractured valleys.

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2010 - ASTRONOMY - ENCELADUS - ERUPTION - GEYSER - ICE - ILLUSTRATION - PLANET - RING - SATELLITE - SATURN - SATURN'S MOON - WATER -